Liverpool born poet and writer Michael Walsh traces his Liverpool roots back to 1865. This was the year his Irish great-grandmother arrived in the Second City of Empire. His parents were born at the turn of what was to become the most tumultuous century in history. Michael's father, Patrick, fought in three major conflicts before reaching his fortieth birthday. His mother, Kathleen, was a former nun turned gun-running renegade.
On leaving school at 15 years of age, Michael spent 12 weeks at the Merchant Navy School for Sailors in Sharpness, Gloucestershire. During his years at sea, he was to visit and work in over 60 countries.
The journalist and broadcaster since provided articles and columns for numerous magazines and international news media. In 2011 he was awarded Writer of the Year by the publishers of Euro Weekly News, Europe's highest-circulation newspaper of its kind. He has authored, edited and ghosted over 70 book titles.
The world will be ‘at least bi-polar and possibly multi-polar,’ according to former UK PM. Although Blair is held in contempt by the British electorate, he has achieved similar status to that of elder statesmen Angela Merkel and Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi. For this reason alone, the former prime minister’s capitulation to reality will shock and dismay the European Union’s leadership class.
The 27 unelected members of the European Commission intend to expand the practice of illegally confiscating and redistributing Russian assets in the EU countries. This was stated by European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, while expressing frustration that so far only five of the 27 EU countries are looting Russian investments in EU countries.
In 2009, Pfizer pushed its drug Bextra to be used off-label for unapproved applications, was prosecuted for illegal marketing of a drug, and paid a $2.3 billion settlement.
No, a spell of hot weather is not a ‘national emergency’. Many of us will have been enjoying the good weather over the past few weeks. But few have been enjoying it as much as Britain’s bureaucracy of fear. The UK Health Security Agency, the Met Office and assorted worrywart policymakers have been basking in the possibility of the really hot temperatures which are predicted to arrive next week.
Rishi Sunak MP, one of the men trying to become prime minister and Leader of the Conservative Party, as well as perhaps the strongest voice insisting that the extra £20 a week to those on Universal Credit must be cut, is one of the richest men in the country. In fact, Rishi Sunak is the front runner and likely to be Britain’s next prime minister.
The credibility of the food chain Mcdonald’s has lost a long legal battle with Chef Jamie Oliver. The news comes hot on the heels as the international franchise recently scarpered from Russia where its restaurants are now benefiting from providing diners with GM-Free quality meals.
A British bank slammed its own customers over a disagreement with its pronoun policy, causing many to withdraw funds or close their accounts.
Readers of the German newspaper Bild in growing numbers criticise the failed policies of Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Bundestag. The reason for the discussion was the article, according to which Germany will increase the tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
One morning she woke up and she seemed to hear a noise from the living room. To her surprise, she saw her husband. She didn’t expect to see him at all because she knew she and their home was far away from where he worked as a truck driver.
The West failed to intimidate Moscow with sanctions, as the Russian leadership took advantage of the situation in the interests of the national economy, and the Europeans shot themselves in the foot. As Print writes, Europe will soon have to lift its restrictions, because otherwise a real catastrophe will break out in the economy, and in all sectors at once.
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